georeactor

noun — 3 senses

georeactor

noun

Etymology From geo- + reactor.

1

A geologically occurring slow fission reactor, especially in the Earth's past.

  • Physicists analyzing a tiny sample of this ancient georeactor—discovered in the African country of Gabon in 1972—have now determined how it worked.2005 February 4, Jessa Forte Netting, “Nature's Nuclear Reactor”, in Discover Magazine:
2

Any man-made industrial structure built into the Earth's crust and operating on the principle of nuclear fission.

3

The theorized natural fission reactor at the center of the Earth which would account for the geomagnetic field.

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